Collectors Battlefield: Update

It's an old English joke, and a well-won one too, but 'you wait such a long time for a Number 11 bus and then two come along at once', a bit like these two posts relating to TCS

Collectors Battlefield appears to be going from strength to strength, and a venture that the company is committed to sticking with for a while

A new rule book is due for release, pertaining to another aspect of the war, and an additional range of figures has also been announced, some British Paras to give the Waffen SS a run for its money! And that's not all. In the spirit of realising a gaming system that is both quick and enjoyable, the company has created an online game application that calculates the outcome of various in-game situations that would otherwise require the players to look up information in charts or in the rule book. It's free to use and access simply requires the completion of an online registration proforma. I've included one or two screenshots to give you a flavour

More information and images available on the dedicated section of the CS website

Happy Hunting

Collectors Showcase: Collectors Battlefield Update

I took another look at the CB website the other day and downloaded some of the exemplar unit cards and rules pages

In addition to the above, here's a couple of images of the latest Normandy German armour, complete with the tank riders set featured in a previous post

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Collectors Battlefield: Updated!

Interest in this new venture certainly seems to be hotting up. The TT forum thread is currently running at 60+ posts and there is now a companion thread running on TMP, or to give its proper title, The Miniatures Page

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=342979

One of the contributors took some photos of the figures whilst visiting a local toy soldier show and kindly posted three of them up on the forum

More is sure to follow, and in the mean time.....

Happy Hunting!

Collectors Battlefield: Update

Figures and vehicles for the new 28mm wargaming venture from Collectors Showcase are starting to become available and, by all accounts, first impressions are very promising

Sierra Toy Soldier over in California have a number of the first releases in stock and there is a thread devoted to the new range on the Treefrog Treasures toy soldier forum if you want to keep an eye on what punters are saying about the figures

http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?48127-NEW-RELEASE-PRODUCT-RANGE-Collectors-Battlfield!&p=637205

Collectors Battlefield

From Collectors Showcase a new collection of 28mm War Gaming figures In Stock Now! A complete line of 28mm gaming miniatures with accompanying rules. Collectors Battlefield is an exciting fast play 28mm war-game system. Complete with a range of hand painted 28mm figures and vehicles. We've included quick reference cards with every set that provide all the stats needed to begin game play immediately. Our game manual is geared towards easy to set up and play skirmish games. Whether you're a collector, history aficionado or devout war gamer Collectors Battlefield has something for everyone!   Happy hunting!

Collectors Battlefield Wargaming System

Since posting about this topic last night I have been on the toy soldier forum at Treefrog Treasures where I found quite an extensive discussion about the venture

http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?48127-NEW-RELEASE-PRODUCT-RANGE-Collectors-Battlfield!&p=628514#post628514

I've also clicked on the link I referred to yesterday on TCS main page and this time it worked, taking me directly to the Battlefield product pages

http://collectorsbattlefield.com/toy-soldiers/

Keep Watching This Space!

One To Watch

If you take a look at The Collectors Showcase website any time soon you will see an intriguing  image that looks remarkably similar to this

If you hover over the image and click on it you may be disappointed to discover that you are taken precisely nowhere, nowhere interesting that is. You are simply told that the website associated with the name doesn't exist!

As a wargamer, as well as a toy soldier collector however, I couldn't leave it at that so I dug a little deeper. I unearthed a reference to the game at Hobby Bunker and downloaded a couple of promo images [see below] together with the following blurb:

'Collectors Battlefield is an exciting fast play 28mm war-game system. Complete with a range of hand painted 28mm figures and vehicles. We've included quick reference cards with every set that provide all the stats needed to begin game play immediately. Our game manual is geared towards easy to set up and play skirmish games. Whether you're a collector, history aficionado or devout war gamer Collectors Battlefield has something for everyone!'

 

At least two American sites, Hobby Bunker and The Motor Pool, are taking pre-orders on all the figures and vehicles announced so far and the release date is set for late February, early March this year

 

“TCS is pleased to announce our new company: Collectors Battlefield. We’ve taken our great TCS WWII range and scaled them down to 28mm. These great metal 28’s combined with our quick play rules take wargaming to the next level.

Let’s face it who has time to paint armies then tackle a 250 page rulebook? Well we’ve solved both of those problems with our new Collectors Battlefield Wargame System. Figures come pre-painted and rules are easy to learn and fast to set up. And when you’re not playing games with the figures they can double as display pieces for much larger dioramas.

I’ve attached one of our ads below and encourage everyone to take a look at the brand new site. The game system starts shipping at the end of the month. And yes we already have two more historical periods at our factory!

Check out the new site: www.collectorsbattlefield.com

Tally Hooo!

Brian”

I'm certainly keen to find out more and when I do I'll be sure to check it out and keep you posted

Watch This Space!

Total Wargamer

Many of you may already know about this place but if you don't, and you happen to live in and around Evesham, or not that far from there, you may want to check it out

It's a little shop that goes by the name of Total Wargamer. Visit their website by clicking on the link or have a read of the blog by following the link in my blog list

Up to 25% off Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and Lord of the Rings

Total Wargamer aims to provide the cheapest possible Wargames products to the games playing public

All Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Lord of the Rings, Avatars of War, Mantic Games & Historical Wargames are available at at least 15% discount

UK postage and packing starts at just £1.99

Happy hunting!

Fantastic Plastic

Plastic toy soldiers have been with us a long time, as have plastic wargames figures. Nevertheless, most toy soldier collectors probably have more metal on their shelves, and wargamers in their drawers, than PVC or hard polyurethane. I know I do!

Notwithstanding the almost instinctive attraction model soldier collectors have with metal, it seems that more and more of them are moving over to plastics, or at least including more and more plastics in their collections. Certainly as a wargamer, needing to put together sizable units of troops in order to play the game, plastic figures can represent a significant cost saving and with no immediately discernible loss of quality. Indeed, some would argue that plastic figures can outshine many metal ones in terms of the detailing that can be achieved as part of the 'casting'

There are certainly many more plastic figures coming on to the market including these from a relatively 'new kid on the block' namely Fire Forge Games. If you're thinking of putting together an army of medieval crusading knights, then you might want to consider these new multi-part plastics

The Teutonic knights pictured below are already available whilst the other two sets are still in the initial stages of production and due for release in the foreseeable future

Teutonic Knights

Templar Knights

Men-at-arms

Each box set contains twelve 28mm multi-part plastic figures with horses, which can be assembled with several choices of weapons, shields, heads and accessories. Each box includes options for a standard bearer and musician. For more information visit the site by clicking on the link at the top of this post

Happy hunting!

Wargamers and Toy Soldier Collectors Cross Swords

One of the demonstrations put on for patrons at the recent LTSS was a skirmish style wargame played with 54mm toy soldiers. Within the wargaming world it seems that playing smaller scale games with larger scale figures is once again finding favour

The truth of this is reflected in the fact that Victrix, a leading manufacturer of multi-part plastic figures, has recently started producing 54mm Napoleonics. They already have a couple of boxes of British Peninsular troops available and will be adding to their range shortly with some Frenchies!

There are 16 figures per set. The Grenadiers have a mixture of bearskins and covered shakos with an Officer, Drummer and Porte Fanion. The Voltiguers have a mixture of long plumed and thistle tufted shakos with an officer and bugler. All the figures from both sets can be mixed together to make even more variety

 

The company is currently awaiting confirmation of the production schedule from the tooling company and then they will go on release. Also in the pipeline from Victrix are several sets of Ancient Greeks

The pictures below show the master resin castings of their first Athenians, Spartans and Thebans. They will be released in that order, with a 2-3 week gap between each release, and the first batch are scheduled for April or May

Each set will contain 48 figures with so many variations possible it is hard to count them all. Interchangeable heads with separate crests. Arm positions including thrusting, at rest and sword arms. We also have cloaks to add to figures and musician arms to make your command figures. The spears are cast separate to the hands so you can replace them with metal spears if you wish. However the plastic spears will be more flexible and less prone to breaking off than metal

Happy hunting!

On The Offensive

 
I know, I need a better line in titles but, hey, I don't do this for a living!

Offensive Miniatures is a relatively recent arrival on the figure producing scene, specialising in 28mm figures aimed primarily at wargamers and modellers. In their own words.....

Offensive Miniatures is a new manufacturer of traditional 28mm wargames figures for both the wargamer and painter/collector, or both!

Take a look around the gallery for examples of our different figures and check catalogue "info" button to see what you get in each pack

It is always our intention for you to be confident that follow on packs and complementary figures for the different ranges are in the pipeline or planned, so please remember to check out the "on the bench" link

Rest assured that when we say something "is available" you can be certain that you can get it, in the full knowledge the production moulds are made

You will find regular updates on new releases on the website and in various specialist wargames magazines

At Offensive Miniatures our aim is simply to offer the finest quality figures, sculpted by some of the best sculptors around, expertly cast, and covering any period of history or the future. All miniatures sold unpainted

Let the Offensive begin ………….

So, there you have it. The company currently produces US and German WW2 paratroopers, a selection of French, British and Polish Napoleonics and two ranges of figures from the 'near future' for the sci-fi gamers out there

Here are a few pictures giving you an idea of what their German Fallschirmjaegers are like

 

For further information simply take a look at the website by following one of the links above, or if you have any questions or queries contact the company founder at either of the following addresses

PO Box 144,
STOCKPORT,
Cheshire,SK6 9AE.
United Kingdom.

e.mail: info@offensiveminiatures.com

Happy hunting!